MildredMaudeandEnid
Junior Guinea Pig
Hello
This is probably going to be a bit long winded so please bear with me!
I adopted Dodger as a new pal for my bereaved Millie about 6 weeks ago. Unfortunately I fell ill and we all had to go stay with my parents for a couple of weeks. All the piggies were fine during this time. We came home last Saturday and a day later, Millie and Dodger seemed to not be getting along (please see my post in the Bonding/Behavior forum for details). This behaviour seems to have settled now and seemed to culminate in a night of chasing and mounting so I assume that the stress of moving combined with Millie coming into season caused some hormone-fueled tensions.
The disagreement seemed to start in the loft so I removed the ramp (they were blocking each other in as only one point of access) which has left them with a 4x2 C&C cage which I feel is a bit cramped. I'm reluctant to reinstate the loft as is in case it sparks another falling out.
Ideally I would like to add a second ramp and extend to a 5x2 base but it's not possible with their current cage as 1) it's on a table and 2) it is a Kavee cage and would cost a fortune for the extra grids as its not compatible with the Amazon ones.
I have another pair of piggies who are in a Amazon grid C&C which would be no bother to expand.
I suppose my question is; would it be a bad idea to swap the cages around? It would just be the frames and I would move each pairs' correx tray/bedding, etc over with them so it smells of them. I don't want to cause them any more stress and upheaval but I don't feel Millie and Dodger's current set up is big enough long term. I would obviously wait a few weeks, possibly until after Millie's next season to do anything to make sure they've settled down properly.
Any advice/experience would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
This is probably going to be a bit long winded so please bear with me!
I adopted Dodger as a new pal for my bereaved Millie about 6 weeks ago. Unfortunately I fell ill and we all had to go stay with my parents for a couple of weeks. All the piggies were fine during this time. We came home last Saturday and a day later, Millie and Dodger seemed to not be getting along (please see my post in the Bonding/Behavior forum for details). This behaviour seems to have settled now and seemed to culminate in a night of chasing and mounting so I assume that the stress of moving combined with Millie coming into season caused some hormone-fueled tensions.
The disagreement seemed to start in the loft so I removed the ramp (they were blocking each other in as only one point of access) which has left them with a 4x2 C&C cage which I feel is a bit cramped. I'm reluctant to reinstate the loft as is in case it sparks another falling out.
Ideally I would like to add a second ramp and extend to a 5x2 base but it's not possible with their current cage as 1) it's on a table and 2) it is a Kavee cage and would cost a fortune for the extra grids as its not compatible with the Amazon ones.
I have another pair of piggies who are in a Amazon grid C&C which would be no bother to expand.
I suppose my question is; would it be a bad idea to swap the cages around? It would just be the frames and I would move each pairs' correx tray/bedding, etc over with them so it smells of them. I don't want to cause them any more stress and upheaval but I don't feel Millie and Dodger's current set up is big enough long term. I would obviously wait a few weeks, possibly until after Millie's next season to do anything to make sure they've settled down properly.
Any advice/experience would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!